Actress and TV personality Brooke Burke-Charvet had to crash her sports car into a fence on Wednesday to avoid a major accident after the brakes failed. The former “Dancing With the Stars” co-host …

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Actress and TV personality Brooke Burke-Charvet had to crash her sports car into a fence on Wednesday to avoid a major accident after the brakes failed.

The former “Dancing With the Stars” co-host walked away without injury after smashing her Maserati into a chain link barrier in Calabasas, Calif.

She passed a field sobriety test administered by police officers, and has now revealed she lost control of her car after the anti-lock braking system (ABS) failed and she chose to hit the fence rather than risk oncoming traffic.

Burke-Charvet tells TMZ.com, “ABS failure in my Maserati, I was driving to (TV show) Melissa & Joey. I actually had my daughter’s little friend with me and I just lost control. And I think the car behind me probably thought I was a drunk driver because I was trying to recover the swerve so that’s why the cops had me do the test. It was 7:30 am, it was fine. They were really cool about it, it was safety, I think it’s the law…

“I actually made the choice to drive up the hill and there’s a chain link fence there for safety. I mean I don’t care about the car, I care about the little girl in the back of the car, so it was either oncoming traffic because I couldn’t recover out of the swerve.”

Channing Tatum and Olivia Wilde have been named the celebrities with the hottest beach bodies in a new survey.

Female fans voted the “Magic Mike” hunk top of a poll by consumer research service E-Score to find the sexiest man, while actor and model Shemar Moore came second and Jason Statham bagged third place. Chris Hemsworth, David Beckham and Ryan Reynolds were also named in the top 10.

Wilde proved triumphant in the male vote, leaving Victoria’s Secret beauty Adriana Lima in second place. TV personality Brooke Burke-Charvet placed third, while Jessica Alba, Sofia Vergara and Jessica Biel were all included in the rundown of the best beach babes.

Actress-turned-reality TV star Brooke Burke-Charvet has shown off her surgical scars in her first public appearance since her thyroid gland was removed in a bid to halt the spread of cancer.

The “Dancing with the Stars” host, who is married to former Baywatch hunk David Charvet, went public with her diagnosis in November, and a month later, she underwent the life-saving procedure, which left her with a large incision on the front of her neck.

The operation was a success and the 41-year-old is now cancer-free and has returned to work. During an interview on “Good Morning America” on Tuesday, the TV personality donned a hot pink dress and was all smiles for her return to the public eye, as she confidently displayed her scar for the cameras, adding, “No make-up, this is a first for me today. I’ve been scarfing it up (wearing scarves to hide it). It’s fresh, it’s a month old and I think scars tell a story and I’m so fortunate.”

But the busy mom admits she will never forget how the medical scare affected her kids.

She said, “All the children really handled it differently. … My son actually said, ‘Is poppa gonna get it?’ You know in his mind, at four years old, he doesn’t know what cancer means.

“My 6-year-old just thought, ‘Mommy, I’m gonna go with you and I’m gonna hold your hand. I’m gonna go to every appointment.’ My oldest daughter, it was really difficult for her when it was in the news and her friends had to come to her and say, ‘Oh, I heard about your mom, we’re so sorry.’”

New test results have confirmed actress-turned-reality star Brooke Burke-Charvet is now cancer-free after undergoing thyroid surgery last week. Burke-Charvet, who is married to actor David Charvet, …

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New test results have confirmed actress-turned-reality star Brooke Burke-Charvet is now cancer-free after undergoing thyroid surgery last week.

Burke-Charvet, who is married to actor David Charvet, went public with her health crisis last month, and on December 5 she underwent a procedure to have her thyroid gland removed.

Now the 41 year old reveals she is on the road to recovery after doctors determined the operation was a complete success.

In a post on her ModernMom.com blog she writes, “I just got the results back from all of my tests and great news – the thyroid cancer has been removed from my body and all my lymph nodes are clear. So I’m hoping that this is the end of the story. Woohoo!!! And thank GOD!…

“I’ve taken the rest of the year off to recover and catch up with my family and now we’re just celebrating life. I never thought a mandatory vacation would be under these circumstances but it’s nice to quiet the noise and enjoy the R&R and stay home for a change.

“Every day I’m feeling better and I’m looking forward to getting back to my usual routine, but with a bit of a different outlook. I’ve never been one to take life for granted and it sounds so cliche to say it, but this whole thyroid experience has given my family such a scare that it seems to have brought us all closer. And it’s allowing us to ring in the New Year with a newfound respect for life.”

Actress-turned-reality TV star Brooke Burke Charvet is recovering after undergoing thyroid surgery following her recent cancer diagnosis. The former “Dancing With the Stars” co-host, who is married to …

The former “Dancing With the Stars” co-host, who is married to actor David Charvet, went public with her health crisis last month, and on Wednesday she underwent a life-saving procedure to have her thyroid gland removed via a large incision on her neck.

She posted an image of herself lying in a hospital bed on Twitter.com and wrote, “Last looks at my neck. Here we go.”

And on Thursday she returned to her social networking account to update fans and thank her doctor for his steady hands.

Actress-turned-reality TV star Brooke Burke Charvet has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The former “Dancing With the Stars” host’s doctor discovered a cancerous growth on her thyroid gland during …

The former “Dancing With the Stars” host’s doctor discovered a cancerous growth on her thyroid gland during a recent health check-up, and the 41 year old, who is married to actor David Charvet, now faces surgery.

But the mum of four is confident she will make a full recovery.

Revealing the medical crisis in a video on her ModernMom blog on Thursday, she says, “I’m going to have a nice big scar right her across my neck. And I don’t get to just walk around and pretend like nothing happened or not follow up or not share it, because it’s going to be pretty much dead center …

“As crazy as it is, my head is in the right place, and it’s going to be good. I’m just going to make a positive out of this negative thing. Now I’m ready to deal with it and I’m going to be fine… I feel really, really strong.”

The former model isn’t the first TV star to be struck down with thyroid cancer – “Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara was diagnosed with the disease in 2000, but she has since been given a clean bill of health.